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020 _a9781439108277
082 _a530.092
100 1 _aLewin, Walter H. G.
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245 _aFor the love of physics :
_bfrom the end of the rainbow to the edge of time-- a journey through the wonders of physics /
_cWalter Lewin with Warren Goldstein.
250 _a1st Free Press hardcover ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bFree Press,
_c2011.
300 _axvi, 302 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aFrom the nucleus to deep space -- Measurements, uncertainties, and the stars -- Bodies in motion -- The magic of drinking with a straw -- Over and under--outside and inside--the rainbow -- The harmonies of strings and winds -- The wonders of electricity -- The mysteries of magnetism -- Energy conservation--plus ça change . . . -- X-rays from outer space! -- X-ray ballooning, the early days -- Cosmic catastrophes, neutron stars, and black holes -- Celestial ballet -- X-ray bursters! -- Ways of seeing.
520 _aLargely autobiographical account of the author's life as one who fell in love first with physics and then with teaching physics to students.
600 1 0 _aLewin, Walter H. G.
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650 0 _aPhysicists
_vBiography.
_zMassachusetts
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650 0 _aCollege teachers
_vBiography.
_zMassachusetts
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650 0 _aPhysics
_xStudy and teaching
_zNetherlands.
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700 1 _aGoldstein, Warren.
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